“I’ve checked records for pneumonia rates in the United States published by the Centers for Disease Control,” Dr. Brownstein tells Newsmax Health. “If the pneumonia vaccines work, deaths from the disease should be dropping, but I can’t see where there has been any decline in deaths from pneumonia.”In addition, a 2013 meta-analysis found there is no consistent evidence that the PPSV23 vaccine is associated with reduced rates of all-cause pneumonia or all-cause mortality.”